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Where I come from (South West England) turnips are too small to make carving easy, do they really mean swedes? That is Swedish turnips, known as rutabaga in th
by kwhitefoot 5y ago
Where I come from (South West England) turnips are too small to make carving easy, do they really mean swedes? That is Swedish turnips, known as rutabaga in the US,
- Mikeb85 5y agoDunno, rutabagas are mostly called yellow turnips around here. They're all brassicas in the end.
- m-i-l 5y agoYes, the article refers to what are called turnips (or neeps) in Scotland, i.e. the big yellowish ones that you make neeps and tatties with. I think they're known as swedes in England (although swede in Scotland often refers to the small white ones which I think are called turnips in England).
- kwhitefoot 5y agoYes, it can be very confusing. My late wife was from Orkney and I am from Wiltshire where turnips are relatively small white root vegetables that are typically fed to livestock so there was plenty of scope for confusion. Not to mention that what I call a bun she called a cookie which got extra confusing when we visited the US.